REGISTER | Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management: One Time in the Motorcade

As 2020 comes to a close, please join us online for One Time in the Motorcade at 6:30 p.m. Central time on Dec. 15. President Bush's Chief of Staff Freddy Ford will interview several former White House staffers from multiple administrations for an evening of levity, laughter, and storytelling.
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DEMOCRACY TALKS | The Long Struggle for Women’s Rights

In a new Democracy Talks conversation, Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Director of the Bush Institute’s Women’s Initiative, discusses the challenges facing democracies today — including the need for more equitable systems — with Presidential Leadership Scholars Chequan Lewis, Pizza Hut’s Chief Equity Officer, and Jenifer Sarver, National Board Chair of the Women’s Public Leadership Network.
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REPORT | Cities and Opportunity

In a new report, Cullum Clark, Bush Institute — SMU Economic Growth Initiative Director, explores why cities and neighborhoods strongly influence economic mobility and ways America can create more cities of opportunity. Find out where your city ranks and what unexplored avenues it can take to promote more opportunities.
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THE BOOKSHELF | Twilight of Democracy

Joseph Kim, Expert-in-Residence for the Bush Institute Human Freedom Initiative, reviews Anne Applebaum's new book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. The book offers insight into why authoritarianism has been rising in recent years.
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